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1880–85, Americanism; earlier seecatchie (collective or plural) < Russian ����첹����í, plural of �����á���� mature male fur seal, hog, or wild boar, literally, chopper, cutter (alluding to the tusks of such animals), equivalent to sek-, stem of ���𳦳�ʾ to cut, slash + -ach noun suffix; holluschick